I can already hear your inner monologue going as we talk about ANOTHER batch of winter weather coming through the region. But keep reading, because this blog has a happy ending... for those of us wanting a break from our perpetual winter that is.

So here's how things play out. We'll see a few light snow flurries develop just north of the viewing area in southwestern Missouri early on Monday morning. A few of those may track into Delaware, Benton, and Carroll County, but I think what we'll see will be light and short lived. The "appetizer" course, so to speak.

The rest of the morning looks pretty quiet, with plenty of cloud cover, but not much moisture to work with. But by around 1 PM, we start to see things fire back up with the “main course”…a band of snow hanging right around I-40 in the River Valley. That band will linger and eventually expand into Northwest Arkansas and across the River Valley south of Fort Smith and stay with us through the evening and overnight hours into Tuesday.

Of course, the all-important question is...how much snow are we talking about? Well, it looks like a swath of a dusting to an inch or two looks likely for Northwest Arkansas and a range of 1-3 inches looks to be on target for the River Valley by the end of this storm. Now those totals may change depending on storm track and how quickly our storm moves through.

There may be some light flurries into Tuesday morning as well, but most of the big stuff should be done and we'll dry out after noon.

But I did say there was a good part, right? Well, after this event...it looks like Mother Nature will kick her feet up for a while and we'll take a well-deserved break from winter. It looks quiet from Wednesday through the weekend and our daytime highs look MUCH warmer! Try 40s and 50s coming back around! Plus we stay dry and winter weather free! How's that for a change, huh?

So brace yourselves for this next storm into Monday, but then get ready to breathe easy as our weather gives us a long overdue break.

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